Sumner G. Whittier

Sumner Gage Whittier
58th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 8, 1953 – January 3, 1957
Governor	Christian Herter
Preceded by	Charles F. Sullivan
Succeeded by	Robert F. Murphy
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 4th Middlesex District
In office 1943–1953
Preceded by	Angier Goodwin
Succeeded by	Fred I. Lamson
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Personal details
Born	(1911-07-04)July 4, 1911 Everett, Massachusetts
Died	January 8, 2010(2010-01-08) (aged 98) Baltimore, Maryland
Political party	Republican

Sumner Gage Whittier (July 4, 1911 – January 8, 2010) was an American politician who served two two-year terms as the 58th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957. He was the Republican candidate for Governor in 1956, but lost to Democrat Foster Furcolo. He was then appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to head the U.S. Veterans Administration, a position he held until 1964. Thereafter he headed SSI at the Social Security Administration in Baltimore and worked there until age 80.

Previously he was an Alderman in the City of Everett, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and a Massachusetts Senator. He graduated from Boston University in 1936. The Sumner G. Whittier School in Everett is named after him.

Whittier lived in Ellicott City, Maryland. He died on January 8, 2010.

External links

• 2000 B.U. Alumni profile
• Social Security History photo
• 90th birthday celebration, 2001
• Obituary and tribute by Howard Phillips
• Sumner G. Whittier's obituary, Legacy.com